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Stanley, Henry M.. Through The Dark Continent, Volume 2. Harper & Brothers, 1878.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Includes the sources of the nile, around the great lakes of equatorial Africa, and down the Livingston River to the Atlantic Ocean. Broken front hinge, worn 1/4 leather.
Seller: Friends of SMPL Bookstore, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$38.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: **Volume 1 only.** Binding poor, leather separating. In plastic jacket. Library bookplate.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st U.S. edition, 2-volume set. Illustrated green cloth cover with gilt shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages are tanned and clean. Includes folded map in volume 1. Ex-library copy with usual markings, from an uncirculating museum research library. Signature of former owner on the front free endpapers.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: GIFT QUALITY as pictured Volume 2 2 of 2 volume set. an early reprint First Edition no date on title page, With a map of Equatorial Africa in the rear pocket. There are 2 maps in this set one in each volume. very good condition hardcover, faint scuffs to cover no wear to spine ends sound hinges , bright gilt spine and cover lettering gently read, clean, 566 pages indexed, wirh 2 pages of adss, no names s no marks
Seller: Ocean Tango Books, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: GIFT QUALITY as pictured Volume 2, of 2 volume set. First Edition map of Equatorial Africa in the rear pocket. There are 2 maps in this set one in each volume. very good condition hardcover, to cover no wear to spine ends sound hinges, bright gilt spine and cover lettering, Bright details of jungle and boatmen gently read, clean, 566 pages indexed, with 2 pages of ads, no names no marks
Seller: Ocean Tango Books, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Stanley, Henry M.. Through the Dark Continent Vol1. New York: Harper Brothers, 1878, 1878.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Description: Decorative Cloth green/gold. Good/No Jacket. 1 St. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. spine bumped, edge wear, chip missing bottom, boards loose, holding
Seller: Open Door Books MABA, Bath, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: This book is in fair condition. There are no signatures, bookplates, or markings of any kind. There is some light wear and rubbing to the outside boards. There is some light foxing. There is some wear to the hinges and the binding is somewhat loose. The front and rear free endpapers are missing, but there are sample spines on the front and rear endpapers. This is a very rare Salesman's Sample, or "dummy", that was used by salesman to give a preview of the book and secure future orders. It contains a sample of a number of pages from the volume set and samples of the various bindings. The subscription order pages in the rear appear to have removed. A very rare find that's over one hundred years old.
Seller: The Lion's End, Antiquarian Books, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Stanley, Henry M.. Through the Dark Continent Vol 2. New York: Harper Brothers, 1878, 1878.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Decorative Cloth green/gold. Very Good/No Jacket. 1 St. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. spine bumped, edge wear, maps both vols
Seller: Open Door Books MABA, Bath, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two large octavo volumes. Pp. xiv, 522; ix, 566[2]. With 10 maps and 150 woodcuts. Folding maps in pockets to both volumes. A very good copy in pictorial cloth boards, gilt. Front free end paper to Vol. I clipped at corner; light wear to extremities; small presentation inscription to front blank; superficial crack at inner hinge of Vol. 2. Very good to near fine.
Seller: Bryn Mawr Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes. The American issue of the first edition, first issue with date on If title-page. Numerous illustrations and maps throughout, including 34 full page plates and two very large folding maps in rear pockets of each volume. Thick 8vo, publishers original forest green cloth pictorially decorated in an overall elaborate design incorporating vibrant colours and gilt, spines similarly decorated and blocked. xiv, 522; ix, 566 pp. A reading set, the volumes have some age wear to the tips and edges, inner hinges of Vol. I separated, some stains from water to a few of the preliminary leaves of Vol. I, some staining from water to the upper quadrant of the text-block in Vol. II, some internal wear, the large folding maps in quite good order with a bit of the usual splitting at the folds but generally speaking, very well preserved, clean and probably never unfolded. The cloth is still rather clean and handsome, the gilt and red decorations stand well, a handsome set for the shelf still and in spite of the internal issues. ONE OF THE GREAT BOOKS IN THE AFRICAN OEUVRE. FIRST EDITION AMERICAN ISSUE. After the death of Livingstone, Stanley resolved to return to Africa and finish his work, and also to resolve some of the problems introduced by Burton and Speke. Livingstone had considered it his mission to finish mapping and studying Central Africa, resolve some of the questions about the source of the Nile and to report on the doings of the slave traders, a practice that Livingstone spoke actively against. Criticized even at the time for what many considered his harsh treatment of the native peoples, Stanley did manage to finish what Livingstone had started and open up Central Africa to the west. When Stanley made his first journey, he was one of a very few white people on the entire continent. Within the twenty years which elapsed after Stanleys first journey, the continent was being viewed as a commercial, political, and strategic destiny by many of the countries in Europe. A very elusive title now.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Stanley, Henry M.. Through the Dark Continent 2 Volumes. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1878.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: wear to edges of covers; hinges cracked but bindiong tight. Dark green decorative cloth; gilt lettering and illustrated boat with jungle scene stamped in red, black and gilt. folding maps are completer with tears at folds S1 5
Seller: COVENANT HERITAGE LIBRIS, Saint John, NB, Canada
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 23 x 15 cm. Octavo. Two volume set. Bound in green illustrated boards. Rubbing to edges of the bindings. Hinges in both volumes are cracked. Previous owner's bookplate and date stamp on front fixed endpaper of both volumes. Large fold out map in rear of each volume showing Eastern and Western equatorial Africa, which show some tearing at the creases. 8 other in-text maps for a total of 10 maps. There is a stain to the top of some of the pages in volume 2, not reaching text.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volumes in three-quarter brown leather with raised bands on spine. Marbled boards, endpapers and page edges. Leather worn through at corners. Wear to top and bottom of boards. Front hinge of volume I is cracked. No maps in pockets. Just light rubbing to leather on spine.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First printing of the first edition of this set (as indicated by the date of 1878 matching the same date on the copyright page) Illustrated with 150 woodcuts and 10 maps including a large map enclosed in a pocket attached to the rear pastedown of volume one. Overall a very good plus set of books. Some slight cracking to the endpapers at the gutters. Previous owner's signature in foutain pen to early un-printed page on both volumes.Another stamp that reads "handle with care on loan by ------" stamped on these same pages and signed in ball point pen by a later owner. Evidence of card pockets being removed from the rear pastedowns on both volumes (my guess is last owner had applied these and loaned out books to friends - no other evidence that these book came from a library other that private - no stamps etc other than those mentioned to the title pages, other pages or page edges that indicate ex-library). Photographs provided upon request. BR4
Seller: J. F. Whyland Books, Jeffersonville, IN, U.S.A.
Stanley, Henry M.. Through The Dark Continent, Vol 1 of 2 volumes. Harper & Brothers, N.Y, 1878.
Price: US$384.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 4 inch title page tear top; x-lib; 2 large folding maps; illustrated throughout; green pictorial cloth gilt cover board and spine; embossed images on spine and front/rear cover boards; American edition
Seller: Booksdoc, Russell, ON, Canada
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. First edition of this stirring and extensive account of Henry Stanley's first trans-Africa expedition in 1874-1877 while searching for the sources of the Nile and the Congo Rivers. He succeeded in identifying the source of the Congo River but did not locate the source of the Nile River. Stanley (1841 - 1904) was a Welsh-American explorer, journalist, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician who was famous for his exploration of Central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Besides his discovery of Livingstone, he is mainly known for his search for the sources of the Nile and Congo rivers, the work he undertook as an agent of King Leopold II of the Belgians which enabled the occupation of the Congo Basin region. More than a century after his death, Stanley's legacy remains the subject of enduring controversy. Although he personally had high regard for many of the native African people who accompanied him on his expeditions, the exaggerated accounts of corporal punishment and brutality in his books fostered a public reputation as a hard-driving, cruel leader. In the 20th century, his reputation was also seriously damaged by his role in establishing the Congo Free State for King Leopold II. Nevertheless, he is recognized for his important contributions to Western knowledge of the geography of Central Africa and for his resolute opposition to the slave trade in East Africa. [Wikipedia] The two volumes are bound in dark green cloth with striking pictorial covers in black, green, orange and gilt showing Stanley in his boat navigating a river. Gilt titling to spines and front covers. Cloth is worn along cover edges and spine with slight tear to bottom of the joint on Volume one and a small split along the top of the front cover on Volume two. Bumping to corners. Interior hinges are cracked but text blocks remain tight and firm. Dark brown endpapers. Text pages show light aging but are otherwise clean and bright. There is a small tear to the bottom of a page of the table of contents in Volume two. Gift inscription on free endpaper in Volume one dated 1878. Volume two has additional interesting information in an appendix, including a comparative table of African languages; altitudes of important positions; a list of deaths occurring during the expedition; a list of survivors; and a table showing the "wanderings" in Africa. The volumes include 150 illustrations and ten maps. The full page illustrations are protected by tissue guards. Two of the ten maps are large folding maps held inside sleeves on the rear pastedowns. The map in volume one is present but in pieces and is partially missing. The map in volume two has tears along some of the folds and some creasing. Still a desirable copy of this exploration classic in very good condition. Octavo. Volume One: xiv, 522 pages; Volume Two: ix, 566 pages including index. TRAV/062323.
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$495.69 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: first American edition; 2 vols., xiv, 522 + ix, 566, [2] (ads) pp. + plates & two large folding maps in sleeves at the back of each volume; original illustrated green cloth, bottom & top edges lightly rubbed, else near fine. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.
Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Through the Dark Continent or The Sources of the Nile Around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and Down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean, By Henry M. Stanley, with Ten Maps and One Hundred and Fifty Woodcuts, Complete in Two Volumes, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1878, frontisportraits, two folding maps in rear pockets, 3/4 pebbled leather, 9 x 6.25, 8vo. In good condition. Moderate wear to extremities with dryness along edges and corners. Joints are rubbed with dryness as well. Scuffing along edges of spine, ends and raised bands. Compartments are gilt stamped and remain bright. Marbled boards are slightly scuffed with light rubbing. End papers and all edges are marbled. Old hand gift inscription on second end page. Internally good with light toning at edges, minor instances of age staining and some fingersoiling in the margins. All tissue guards intact. Folding maps in rear pockets are lightly toned but free of tears. Very light foxing throughout. Bindings are tight and intact. Please see photos. First American edition, densely illustrated with beautiful black and white vignettes and full-page engravings. Eight maps bound in, two of them folding, plus two folding maps in color in pockets at rear. Stanleys expedition was the largest African expedition ever, controversial and at the same time the most celebrated African expedition of the 19th century, exploring and mapping the Central African lakes and rivers. Known for finding the missing missionary and explorer David Livingstones and credited with dispelling the notion that the Lualaba was the source of the Nile.
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Small Quarto. xiv, 522, ix, 566pp., 32 plates, 8 maps bound in, two of them folding, plus 2 folding maps in color in pocket at rear. Original burgundy pebbled leather over marbled boards with gilt ruling on covers, gilt lettering, ruling and tooling on spines; raised bands. Marbled edges and endpapers. Lithographic frontispieces. Numerous wood engravings in text. Stanley's expedition was the largest African expedition ever, controversial and at the same time the most celebrated Africa expedition of the 19th century, exploring and mapping the central African lakes and rivers. Known for finding the missing missionary and explorer David Livingstone's and credited with dispelling notion that the Lualaba was the source of the Nile. "Sir Henry Rawlinson, president of the Royal Geographic Society, said that it was not Stanley who had discovered Livingstone, but Livingstone who had discovered Stanley; and some of the newspapers threw doubts upon the authenticity of the whole story of the expedition, and found 'something mysterious and inexplicable' in it's leader's narrative." (DNB). Light wear along edges of binding, very good and interior in very good+ condition, but the front cover of Vol. II is detached (and this set is priced accordingly).
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes. Frontispiece portraits, and illustrated with 150 woodcuts, some full-page. 10 colored maps and 1 large folding map in rear pocket of Eastern Equatorial Africa, the delicate paper of the map is beginning to split at the folds. (lacks 2nd large folding map). Tall thick 8vo, handsomely bound in the original pictorial green cloth, neatly repaired at spine ends. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878. First American Edition. A very nice clean copy.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volumes. Stout 8vo. Vol. I: Illustrated with 150 woodcuts. Ten maps. Vol. xiv; 522. Vol. II: ix; 568, followed by two pages of publisher ads. The large color map in the rear pocket of Vol. I has closed interior tears along fold intersections, none longer than an inch, and a trifle age-toning; the map in the rear pocket of Vol. II, less so. Both volumes with an index. Marbled endpapers and edges. Hinges of the first volume subtly reinforced with tissue by conservator. Bound in three-quarter brown morocco with gilt rules over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands; compartments with lettering and flourishes in gilt. Slight wear to edges; marbled covers a bit rubbed. A cornerstone in the Age of Exploration, Livingstone's accomplishments include exploring the great lakes of Central Africa and mapping, for the first time with some precision, their size and position, and searching for the sources of the Nile. He was also one of the first to divine the source of the Congo River and documenting its flow through the continent to the sea. A handsome, presentable set.
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Thick octavo, [two volumes], xiv, [10pp maps], 522pp; ix, [1], 566pp. Three-quarter leather, marbled paper boards. Marbled edges and endpapers. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text blocks, with rubbing to corners, edges, and boards. Some wear to hinges. Frontispiece portraits in both volumes with tissue covers. Volume one front endpaper starting. Complete with all ten maps; 6 in volume one and 4 in volume two. Includes one large fold-out map in rear pocket of each volume, both very good, with wear at folds, both solid. Illustrated with ten maps and one hundred and fifty woodcuts.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$748.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: exceptionally nice, bright set; green cloth. very clean
Seller: Kisselburg Military Books, Potomac, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$772.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo. 2 volume set.522 and 566pp., with all ten maps present which includie the two large maps in pockets. and 150 wood cuts all in fine condition with the full page illustrations with tissue guards. Perhaps best known as the intrepid adventurer who located the missing explorer David Livingstone in equatorial Africa in 1871, Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) played a major role in assembling the fragmented discoveries and uncertain geographical knowledge of central Africa into a coherent picture. He was the first European to explore the Congo River; assisted at the founding of the Congo Free State, and helped pave the way for the opening of modern Africa. In this classic account of one of his most important expeditions, the venerable Victorian recounts the incredibly difficult and perilous journey during which he explored the great lakes of Central Africa, confirming their size and position, searched for the sources of the Nile, and traced the unknown Congo River from the depths of the continent to the sea. A very handsome set bound in 3/4 brown morocco over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated in gilt, all edge marbled with matching endpapers. Marbled covered boards of volume two have faded.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (1878 date). Thick octavo, [two volumes], xiv, [10pp maps], 522; ix, [1], 566pp title in gilt with decorative pictorial illustrations on covers. Light wear at edges. Frontispiece portraits in both volumes all tissues seem to be present, very clean bright copies. A near-fine set. Numerous illustrations and maps throughout, including 34 full page plates and two very large folding maps in rear pockets of each volume. Thick 8vo, publisher s original forest green cloth pictorially decorated in an overall elaborate design incorporating vibrant colours and gilt, spines similarly decorated and blocked. xiv, 522; ix, 566 pp. An unusually fine and bright set, remarkably so, internally near pristine, the cloth bright and fresh with no fading whatsoever, the gilt bright as new, trivial splitting at the edges of the map folds only. Online of the great books in the African oeuvre. Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB (born John Rowlands; 28 January 1841 10 May 1904) was a Welsh-American journalist, explorer, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician who was famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone, whom he later claimed to have greeted with the now-famous line: "Dr Livingstone, I presume?" He is mainly known for his search for the source of the Nile, work he undertook as an agent of King Leopold II of Belgium, which enabled the occupation of the Congo Basin region, and for his command of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was knighted in 1899 (Wikipedia).
Seller: Reginald C. Williams Rare Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$833.74 + shipping
Description: First US edition, first published in the UK earlier the same year. 8vo., 2 volumes. Original dark green cloth with wraparound pictorial design in red, black, and gilt, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, brown coated endpapers. Portrait frontispiece in each volume and 32 plates, 10 maps in all, one double-page and 3 folding, the 2 larger folding coloured maps in end pockets of each volume, numerous wood-engravings to the text, many full-page. When the news of Livingstone's death reached him in 1874 Stanley wrote that he hoped to be selected to continue Livingstone's work in opening up Africa to the shining light of Christianity. His hopes were fulfilled with his next expedition in which he crossed central Africa from coast to coast, determining the connections between Lakes Nyanza and Tanganyika, laying the foundations of the Christian missions and following the curve of the Congo to the shores of the Atlantic. Stanley's description of this journey, as found here, was the first account to actually prove the source of the Nile. Although Speke correctly claimed in 1858 that Lake Victoria was the true source of the river, it took Stanley's circumnavigation of the Lake to establish it conclusively.
Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1122.34 + shipping
Description: First US edition, this copy in notably attractive condition. Stanley's controversial Trans-African Expedition of 1874-7 claimed it had succeeded in "solving the remaining mysteries of African geography" (ODNB). Exploring equatorial Africa and, in particular, the Great Lakes regions, Stanley finally dispelled Livingstone's notion that the "Lualaba was the source of the Nile and vindicated Speke's claim that the lake seen on his expedition with Burton was indeed one of the sources" (Howgego). While this brought Stanley great acclaim, it was tempered by criticism of the militarisation of his expedition, and the considerable loss of life. Following Samuel Baker's lead, the Trans-African Expedition involved "the show and sometimes use of military-like force to counteract local opposition" (Newman, p. xix). Through the Dark Continent was first published in the UK earlier the same year. Howgego IV S59; Mendelssohn IV, p. 379. James L. Newman, Imperial Footprints: Henry Morton Stanley's African Journeys, 2004. 2 volumes, octavo. Original dark green cloth with wraparound pictorial design in red, black, and gilt, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, brown coated endpapers. Portrait frontispiece in each volume and 32 plates, 10 maps in all, one double-page and 3 folding, the 2 larger folding coloured maps in end pockets of each volume, numerous wood-engravings to the text, many full-page. Binding lightly rubbed, wear to spine ends and corners, cloth design remaining bright, inner hinges cracked but solid, pp. 178-223 of vol. 1 proud, pocket maps worn at folded edges, overall well preserved. A very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 2 volumes. Frontispiece portraits, and illustrated with 150 woodcuts, some full-page. 10 colored maps and 2 large folding maps in rear pockets. Tall thick 8vo, handsomely bound in the original pictorial forest green cloth. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878. First American Edition. Near Fine.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: THIS COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET IS IN VERY GOOD+ CONDITION IN 3/4 LEATHER WITH MARBLED BOARDS, BRIGHT GILT DETAILS TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RIBS TO SPINES WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS, NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND MINIMAL FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED, LARGE FOLD OUT MAPS. BOOKS MEASURE 8.75"x6.75". FIRST EDITION, 143 YEARS OLD. A BEAUTIFUL SET IN GREAT CONDITION. HARD TO FIND IN THIS BINDING AND IN THIS CONDITION.
Seller: Reagan's Rare Books, Moseley, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2035.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes. The American issue of the first edition, an early printing without the date on the title-page. Numerous illustrations and maps throughout, including 34 full page plates and two very large folding maps in rear pockets of each volume. Thick 8vo, publishers original forest green cloth pictorially decorated in an overall elaborate design incorporating vibrant colours and gilt, spines similarly decorated and blocked. xiv, 522; ix, 566 pp. An unusually fine and bright set, remarkably so, internally near pristine, the cloth bright and fresh with no fading whatsoever, the gilt bright as new, trivial splitting at the edges of the map folds only. ONE OF THE GREAT BOOKS IN THE AFRICAN OEUVRE. THIS COPY IN THE PUBLISHERS FINE DECORATED CLOTH BINDINGS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION. After the death of Livingstone, Stanley resolved to return to Africa and finish his work, and also to resolve some of the problems introduced by Burton and Speke. Livingstone had considered it his mission to finish mapping and studying Central Africa, resolve some of the questions about the source of the Nile and to report on the doings of the slave traders, a practice that Livingstone spoke actively against. Criticized even at the time for what many considered his harsh treatment of the native peoples, Stanley did manage to finish what Livingstone had started and open up Central Africa to the west. When Stanley made his first journey, he was one of a very few white people on the entire continent. Within the twenty years which elapsed after Stanleys first journey, the continent was being viewed as a commercial, political, and strategic destiny by many of the countries in Europe. A very elusive title now.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.